Youngest team in the league next year?

We only have 5 players who will be 30 years or older when the season starts. Rosy turns 30 on September 3rd. Vally and Drury turn 31 and 32, respectively, on August 20th. Redden just turned 31 and Naslund will be 35 on July 30th.

Yeah, I was looking at that, but I don't know how up to date it is. They still list Shanny as being on the team. Did we resign him while I wasn't looking? lol

Edit: They've still got Struds and Malik for some reason as well, even though they have all our new players. I guess since they were on the team last year and haven't been signed by anyone, they are still listed as on our team. I assume they are skewing our average age.

Yeah, I was looking at that, but I don't know how up to date it is. They still list Shanny as being on the team. Did we resign him while I wasn't looking? lol

All players who haven't signed elsewhere remain on their previous teams roster until that changes. Every team probably has a few players artificially bringing it's true average for next season up or down, so it balances out anyway.

All players who haven't signed elsewhere remain on their previous teams roster until that changes. Every team probably has a few players artificially bringing it's true average for next season up or down, so it balances out anyway.

Edit: They've still got Struds and Malik for some reason as well, even though they have all our new players. I guess since they were on the team last year and haven't been signed by anyone, they are still listed as on our team. I assume they are skewing our average age.

No, they only factor in the players under contract. Malik and Strudwick are just on the list because they haven't signed anywhere else.

The age will go down even more when Dawes, Fritsche, and Sjostrom are signed.

Out of the 21 players that I anticipate us carrying into the season, they average 26.428. However I also just did my own calculations for Chicago and they'll actually average 25.666, going by the line-up I found on their board.

He'll be in the bottom six somewhere (maybe second line if he can put it all together).

Even though they qualified him, they'd still like to sign him to a two year deal, so they obviously want him on the team. He has speed, he plays defense, he's killed penalties in the past, and he plays physical. He fits what this team is trying to build.

The point is that we've got a lot of potential and one of the younger teams in the entire league. If we don't win the cup next season, we won't have to worry about missing our *only* chance when half the roster retires.

We've got a good core to work around, and that won't be leaving anytime soon.

The point is that we've got a lot of potential and one of the younger teams in the entire league. If we don't win the cup next season, we won't have to worry about missing our *only* chance when half the roster retires.

We've got a good core to work around, and that won't be leaving anytime soon.

It should be a fun team to watch for a very long time.

And we're getting what some consider our best prospects (Anismov, Cherepanov, Sanguinetti, Korpikoski, Sauer, etc.) in the future.

The thing I like about our recent signings is that for the most part, it gives us opportunity to move prospects up when the veterans contracts are up. Naslund will only be here two years, Kalinen's a stop-gap on defense until a guy like Sanguinetti is ready to play in the NHL. I wish we didn't sign Rissimiller or Voros so that guys like Korpikoski and Byers would have room on the team, though...

And we're getting what some consider our best prospects (Anismov, Cherepanov, Sanguinetti, Korpikoski, Sauer, etc.) in the future.

The thing I like about our recent signings is that for the most part, it gives us opportunity to move prospects up when the veterans contracts are up. Naslund will only be here two years, Kalinen's a stop-gap on defense until a guy like Sanguinetti is ready to play in the NHL. I wish we didn't sign Rissimiller or Voros so that guys like Korpikoski and Byers would have room on the team, though...

Same. Signing those guys still boggle me. Out of Hollweg Orr and those 2, only 2 of them should be on the roster. Anymore and it wouid put shame to the players that deserve to make the roster.

Same. Signing those guys still boggle me. Out of Hollweg Orr and those 2, only 2 of them should be on the roster. Anymore and it wouid put shame to the players that deserve to make the roster.

I just don't understand why you make those signings when you have better guys in the system. I feel like we have enough good prospects in our system to compete against each other for a spot, and not have to compete against a guy who's already ahead of them because of their contract status. Of course, guys like Byers and Korpikoski can flat out suck in camp, but I'd much rather have the best prospects play than these veterans. These guys can end up becoming not better than the guys we signed, but we should have confidence in them to be able to contribute to this team.

I just don't understand why you make those signings when you have better guys in the system. I feel like we have enough good prospects in our system to compete against each other for a spot, and not have to compete against a guy who's already ahead of them because of their contract status. Of course, guys like Byers and Korpikoski can flat out suck in camp, but I'd much rather have the best prospects play than these veterans. These guys can end up becoming not better than the guys we signed, but we should have confidence in them to be able to contribute to this team.

I'm glad to see someone else agrees with me.

Because they aren't going to just hand a starting job to prospects. These other players were brought in to create competition. Whoever loses will be sent down or traded. The same thing happened with Hutchinson last year. Staal won the job and Hutch was sent down.

What happens in Training Camp if Byers and Jessiman turn out to be better 4th line players than Voros and Rismiller? What happens in Training Camp if Korpikorski and Sjostrom are better 3rd line players than Prucha, Fristche?